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That article makes a good point, though, and it's even something I probably mentioned in this very thread a few years ago. A lot of these conspiracy theorists' brains are so fragile when it comes to processing horrifying news that they'd rather dream up a reason, even a totally unrealistic one, for a tragedy because they cannot deal with the fact that sometimes horrific things just happen. They don't want to believe a person would be deranged enough to walk into a school and mow down a bunch of little kids with assault weapons. It's so much easier to concoct this story in your head that it actually didn't happen, and that none of it is real, and then you never have to face the ugly truth of the world around you.

Alex Jones, on the other hand, is just milking it to rake in millions. He may be deranged and he may even believe what he says, but I'd also wager that he really plays it up to draw people in and see them parted with their money. He's like the Glenn Beck of conspiracy theories.

These truthers have always been gross and frustrating, but then I found out a friend of mine had a cousin die at Sandy Hook and the trauma truthers have inflicted on her family ... it's just beyond anything I have the words for, to be honest. The lowest of the low.

InfoWars broadcaster and Donald Trump ally Alex Jones is back to claiming that First Lady Michelle Obama is secretly a transgender woman, but this time he’s adding a new twist to his conspiracy theory: that Obama had comedienne Joan Rivers killed after she joked about the first lady being trans.

Jones told his listeners yesterday that he’s seen enough videos on the internet to substantiate the rumor.

“The national media takes it when I talk about this and acts like I’m crazy,” he said. “Listen, there’s hundreds of millions views on YouTube.” (There are also millions of views on videos claiming that Obama and other leaders are shapeshifting reptilian humanoids, another conspiracy promoted by Jones.)

He went on to say that the first lady acts like she’s “god” and that the president wants schools to “teach five-year-olds how to be trannies.”

“Don’t forget,” Jones said, “the famous comedienne Joan Rivers said, ‘Of course everyone knows she’s a tranny.’ She’s dead serious, ‘She’s a man.’ Deader than a doornail in a routine operation where basically she had fire poured down her throat and was a fire-breathing goblin. Dead on arrival. Shoot your mouth off, honey, you will die.”

Jones didn’t stop there.

“I really think — her daughters don’t look like her — I really think this is some weird hoax they did again,” he said, “just like he didn’t get sworn in on the Bible, it was the Quran. All this weirdness, I mean, I used to laugh at this stuff, but man, it’s all about rubbing our noses in it. I think it’s all an arranged marriage, it’s all completely fake and it’s this big sick joke because he’s obsessed with transgender, just like some weird cult or something. I think Michelle Obama is a man. I really do. I really do. I believe it.”

Oh my god, they are all over instagram! It's just mind boggling! I had to unfollow a few young tattoo artists because they started posting (non-ironically) memes and posts about flat-earth stuff! I just... WHAT?... REALLY? Is this thew new "moon landing hoax"?

I stumbled on kathaksung's spiritual brother. Goes by GE0RG1.CH1NK0V Almost sounds like Kat, but not quite. Check the comments. Apparently he's a frequent visitor to CNN which fits kat's MO, but the topic has changed.